Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Tuesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) up 0.54% to 6,015.20
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) up 0.47% to 6,100.00
- AUD/USD at US 75 cents
- Gold at US$1,324.40 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$74.73 a barrel
The biggest news of the day was Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's (ASX: ANZ) half-year profit report, the big bank delivered cash profit growth of 4%. The share price finished 2.35% higher today.
Servcorp Limited (ASX: SRV) finished the day down 13.6% after the company downgraded its profit guidance due to weaker US operations.
The Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) share price went down 4.5% today after it turned out the CEO sold around $4.8 million of shares.
Pro Medicus Limited (ASX: PME) won a new contract, which sent the share price up by 2.13%.
It wasn't good news for Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund Ltd (ASX: BAF) shareholders as the listed investment company announced today that it had sold two of its investments, one for less than its carrying value, this sent the share price down 2.82%.
WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) went up by 5.3% after upgrading its revenue guidance for FY18.
Another share to do well today was IOOF Holdings Limited (ASX: IFL), the wealth business pointed out to shareholders how well its new acquisition performed in the ANZ result, which sent the share price up 4.68%.
Finally, Sigma Healthcare Ltd (ASX: SIG) had another good day with the share price going up by 5.2% on no company news.
Here are some of today's top stories:
